Well, I survived...

[aearwen2]

Hell Week is done and well behind me now. I survived it, and managed to do so intact as well. Our program played to a full house audience who was most appreciative of the time and effort put into their entertainment. My little group played and sang their hearts out, yours truly included, and all of them did a fantastic job. It was 90 solid minutes of music broken by one 15 minute intermission (that included a birthday song and cake for refreshment!)

As the theme was the development of Broadway from the Tin Pan Alley Music Hall to what it is nowadays, we had narration to help "fill in the blanks" as to what was going on and who was writing the shows of the time. Plenty of George M. Cohen, Lerner & Lowe, Rogers & Hammerstein, Weber & Rice music. Even started out with Gilbert & Sullivan.

What was more, the performers weren't just walking on stage, singing their song, doing a bow and then moving aside for the next performer. They sang, they danced a bit, they emoted - sometimes clowned it up a bit, they had props, they had costume changes. Considering that a little over two months ago, we were still sitting around a table arguing over what songs to include, they did a fantastic job of pulling together and making the show something to be proud of.

My lovely little group of (mostly) non-musicians...

As I had my back to the audience, all I could hear were the laughs and chuckles when they came at the right times - and yet that told me the singers were doing well. The applause was always loud and supportive. Got lots of "This was great! Thank you"s to make me feel like we really accomplished something notable.

And, in the week since, I've rested up. I've enjoyed not having to be up at the crack of dawn facing yet another rehearsal. I let my Muse take her cruise to get away from it all – and thanks to that, she's back and now raring to go to work at finishing one of my O-fic WIPs (and the one closest to being done, at that!) Just need to write a final build-up, the BIG climax and denouement, and it's done - and then I can see whether I can market the thing to either the Kindle store or some other e-publisher.

In the meanwhile, however...



I also have fish tank maintenance to do that's been put off a while, plants to water and repot, and several loads of laundry to get out of the way. Life doesn't quit while one puts everything on hold to get a performance together, and now I have time and energy to start playing "Catch Up" again.

But... I survived. YAYYYY!!!! The Big Weight of the Summer Program is gone, and I can start to genuinely enjoy the nice weather.

:-D

Comments

[galantha-nivala.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

Two months is an incredibly short period of time to put together a performance with so many people and so many different songs. There are advantages to working with non-musicians. Non-musicians are more likely to accept advice and direction than musicians.

Yay to relaxation and nice weather. Enjoy!